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Felicity chuckled inwardly; just as she had expected, she heard Lilith's voice:

"All right."

Lilith interrupted their conversation, saying somewhat uncomfortably, "Stop talking nonsense. Can't you see the problem hasn't been solved yet?"

Lilith was a little surprised that Rhodes had already deconstructed Felicity's spell so early, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

She just didn't want Felicity to put on that "naive" act and ask Rhodes for a reward. After all, even though she knew Felicity didn't mean it that way, she still felt uncomfortable.

And she's right.

The matter is indeed not over yet.

When Rhodes realized what was happening, he also looked up at the sky—

That's right.

The barrier in the sky is still there—

In other words, there is at least one more demon seed.

But at this moment, Felicity was also stunned.

After all, there was only this one demon seed in the previous life, right?

What is the remaining demon seed?

Chapter 36 The Choice (4k chapters)

"There is one more demon seed."

Rhodes gazed at the sky, his eyes narrowing slightly, and immediately activated the skill [Life Dragon Heart LV.1].

Although the essential function of this skill is to strengthen the body and mental connection, it has an additional effect: to sense the location of enemies within 30 meters.

Bending down, fingertips touching the ground, suddenly, faint green ripples spread out from the ground—

The ground at this moment is like a clock, and Rhodes' magic is the hand, swinging wildly, searching, and pointing to the final location;

In the western corridor of the Duke's mansion, the pointer is flashing wildly.

West?

Rhodes' body stiffened slightly, and he looked up in disbelief at the west side of the Duke's mansion, where Ivina and they lived.

How could that be?

Why are there demons appearing here?

A witch is not perceived as a demonic being under normal circumstances.

Once there is a reaction, it will either be from those corrupted monsters or from a witch revealing her violent aura.

But what's going on here?

There are still nine days until the coming-of-age ceremony. They absolutely cannot attack Ivina at this time, nor can they allow the violent demon seed to attack Ivina.

After all, only living symbiotes have value.

But suddenly,

Even though everything within the barrier was frozen, Rhodes could sense a mysterious aura flowing around him.

The caresses, gentle and tender, like a deep, heavy love, climbed over his limbs.

From the feet, waist, and then up to the arms, torso, and cheeks—

Then, a gentle voice brushed past my ear, tickling it like cotton wool:

Long time no see, my dear.

thump.

Everything seemed to freeze, and Rhodes was slightly dazed the moment the sound entered his ears.

is her……

Without a doubt, that gentle, yet serpentine, voice was the very one that had tried to drain him dry at that moment—

Her voice... traveled directly to his ears from a great distance.

Rhodes' eyes were filled with confusion.

Before he could react, Cecilia continued:

[We have a traitor who wants to kill the symbiote, so please, dear, help her out.]

Remember, you must take action yourself.

Otherwise, darling, you won't be able to rescue Ivina according to your goal... This is your golden opportunity, your golden chance to make her embrace you, understand?

Rhodes remained silent for a long while, his mind responding:

Long time no see, Cecilia. But I don't understand what you mean.

[She won't even call me "baby" anymore? Fine, I want her to live.]

[If you weren't a demon, I could call you "baby" hundreds of times and you wouldn't be in trouble. So, if you want her to live, why don't you just kill that demon yourself? Why make me do it?]

[That would be pointless. She wants a knight to save her, not a villain like me.]

Rhodes continued, "I don't understand."

【Then don't bother trying to understand, right? Just know that this is one of your few chances. Oh dear, time's running out. There are only about thirty seconds left before that demon gets fed up and starts attacking…】

So, darling, what will your choice be?

Fearing my words, they dared not fall into my trap.

Should we listen to me and go save her?

【This is interesting, really interesting... I feel like all of this is becoming so interesting, darling.】

Choose, choose, choose...

Countless noises clamored into Rhodes's brain, and at this moment, he was also in a mess because of Cecilia.

Cecilia actually discovered his purpose...

Moreover, they even created this bizarre puzzle for him.

What is going on here?

If Cecilia hadn't appeared, killing that demon would have been a simple matter of having Felicity kill it; but after she appeared, everything became strange.

Rhodes was completely confused and couldn't figure it out.

How did she realize that she was there to save Ivina instead of simply to attend the coming-of-age ceremony? She shouldn't have known that her plan had been exposed.

Why would she ask me to save Ivina? She shouldn't have let him take Ivina away.

Moreover, is the "traitor" she mentioned actually true or false?

All unknown.

Everything went wrong because of her appearance.

He is now facing a huge decision.

The first option: Go alone, as Cecilia suggested.

The second method: Take Lilith and the others and kill the demon instantly.

The third option: Do nothing and let things take their course.

These three methods represent [radical], [moderate], and [conservative], respectively.

What should he choose at this moment?

If you're afraid of Cecilia, why won't you go to help Ivina?

Or perhaps they just rushed over and saved Ivina without thinking twice?

pity.

Rhodes was never afraid of making choices, nor was he afraid of the choices Cecilia offered.

Because Cecilia has a habit, a habit she herself is unaware of.

That is to put the option most advantageous to Rhodes at the very beginning—

“Then, let me give it a try,” Rhodes said softly, raising his head.

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Ivina's room.

Daphne approached Ivina step by step, but did not rush to make a move.

"Good evening, Miss Ivina," Daphne said respectfully with a slight bow.

"Hello, so you forced your way into my room and barged in?" Ivina's slender figure stretched long in the moonlight as she spoke calmly.

"Let's try diplomacy first, Miss Ivina."

"You must have a lot to say, so feel free to say it."

Daphne nodded slightly. "Miss Ivina is indeed too kind, so kind that I don't really want to kill you. After all, you are so pitiful."

"The story is too long, but do you know that your very existence is causing harm to this city?"

Your body will be used by the witch and turned into a weapon to destroy this town.

"Is that so?" Ivina lowered her eyes, her fingertips tracing the blanket. Her feet seemed a little cold, and she curled up in the blanket like a cat.

"But you are also a demon seed, aren't you?"

“I’m different from them. I can accept that they want to turn this town into a witch’s cage. But I can’t accept hanging something so dangerous in the town.”

Who knows, if you're fused with the Demon God's Echo, you might go berserk and become uncontrollable?

That's absurd, that's radical.

My family, my loved ones, and this familiar land are all here, so I absolutely cannot allow you, this threat, to exist. I'm sorry, Miss Ivina.

Suddenly, her figure swayed slightly, and her whole body was enveloped in a dark liquid, instantly transforming into a tight-fitting bodysuit. With a flick of her fingertips, a spear appeared.